WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republicans, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), submitted a comment letter to Department (Department) of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the Department's proposed changes to Title IX rules, which would advance left-wing priorities and undermine the safety and ach  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh demanding responses to four oversight letters that are now more than a month past due. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: "Responses to each of these letters is important in order for Congress to fulfill i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) is urging Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to release a long overdue rule to address overdoses and the opioid epidemic. Under law, the Department was required to issue a new rule that will modernize substance use disorder privacy regulations by March 2021. The Department has failed to release that rule to reform current g  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act (Securing American ARMS Act), which would give the Department of Defense (DoD) enhanced procurement authorities to quickly refill American defense stockpiles after the President provides aid to an ally or partner attacked by a foreign adversary, including replenishing Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced a resolution that would prevent a disastrous rail worker strike if contract negotiations   more